Telegram-herald., 1887-10-01
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Eidsr snItn-s sermon Upsa The Law of
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Eidsr smIth-s sermon Upsn The Law of
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Elder [ Smith preached to the eongFega-
ten In ths pavilion ia the evening. deliver
inz = most interesting discourse Text
Romans So "FOr TIE LAw OF tae SDirlt oi
Lie ia Christ Jesus hath made me free nom
the lsw Of sin aud death" Law means order
ald stability saa 4. an absolute necessity
20 the maintenance OF any form OF SoNerh-
msnt And ret there Is a large class OF peO-
pie a. the present time who claim that a.
one period OF the world history, VIZ al
the crucinxiOn OF Christ, Gods law was
swept out OF The way. This Is 4 most un-
reasonable position.
Examination reveals two classes OF laws.
Il All man alwers maintained proper re-
iarOn 70 his maker, there would have been
no occasion for only one kind OF law, VIZ.
that which defines the relation OF
man 70 his maker. and man 10 man.
But because OF mans fall. because OF his
-iu. il became Necessary for supplemental
laws % be added 10 meet the new condi-
tions that arose because Of mans iaili th@t
secondary law that defined the methods by
which fallen man could get back into favor
with his Maker. These laws. these second
ary or ceremonial laws. did not Ia any
sense effect tie great moral Law OF God.
Ihs only Jaws that were ia any way Affected
by the death OF Christ were THESE ceremon-
isl laws. they were affected.
But, saws the obiector. what doe. Cor.
5.l7 mean Does not that tell us
that All things have passed
passed away and all things have
become new, does not that include the law
No. Read on further in the text ana We
discover that Paul IS speaking OF one VINO
has become Christian. The text says;
"If any man De in Christ Thus ali things
become new only 10 him who becomes con-
verted TO God. If the Antinomian Is cor
rect in MS Interpretation OF this text 1t
means that as soon as man becomes con-
verted ne is thenceforth entirely free from
ali the Ian OF Godl How absurd.
Another objector raises question about
Col. 2if-l6 which speaks about plotting
out the handwriting of ordinances which
was against us and contrary 10 u.s. But
think for moment OF referring this
| TO the law of God. that Jaw that GOD wrote
with his own hand in the tables Of stone.
| That law was holy, and not against US IN
any sense. Moreover, II cannot in any
/ sense be called a handwriting OF ordl-
nsnce,;" no person of intelligence will At
/ tempt to MAINTAIN that there Is any refer
| ence whatever TO ordinances In the law OF
ten commands But elsewhere the oojector
/ finds an exhortstion TO let no man judge
/ US with respect TO new moons, or OF the
/ Sabbath days. or OF anything that Is a
shadow OF things TO come. To show that
this cannot refer TO the weekly Sabbath
| We have only TO remember that the
weekly Sabbath originated before man
fell, and consequently, before there
was any demand for types
or sh adows, and hence those features that
were blotted out as spoken of in this pas
sage coIld not include the weekly Sabbath.
| The laws referred TO as blotted out were
the ceremonial laws Of the old dispense
ton.
Again Cor. 3.6 is brought up By the OBJ
iector. Who also hath made US able min
istsrs OF the New Testament, not Of the let
ter, but OF the spirit: for the letter killeth
but the spirit giveth life" There was .
spirit to the old covenant CT testament. anC
there was also letter; Just so as regards tn.
New Testament. or covenant. The tex
plainly SAYS this. The letter of the New
Covenant is simply the basis Of the New
| Covenant which Is the law of God. Tn,
| spirit Of the new covenant IS the spirit o
| Christ. Paul is simply comparing the oil,
| dispensstion or covenant with the new
and showing the vast superiority of tn
glory OF the new covenant over the old
The glory Of the ministration of the oil,
| covenant IS what Was done away, and no
the ls7 OF God.
But what is the Law Of sin and death
Simply that carnsl principle or lsw that /
within us and impeiing us forward 10 si
and death. And what is the Law OF spiri
and life that makes Us free from the Law @
sin and de.th2 IL is the law of life or pro
vision tor obtaining life. brought 10 light b
and included in the gospel plan of saliva
ton. This is the law that we must scceT
, of II We would be free from the law of si
and death. There is, therefore. no cor
demnstion to those who are in Christ Jesu
Who walk not after the flesh If we voul
reach this happy condition we must Gee I
, | Christ. repent Of our SINS, obtain forgiv'
ness Of them and thus make our peace Wit
God
II Is no purpose Of the gospel 20 free Z
| from the law Of God, for that is not sn
never ras law Of siR and death. The on
: | lsw that the gospel proposes 20 give frs
dom from = the ls~ Of sin and desth--th'
earnal principle that Is within us-whiC
We oDsT when We sin. The only way th
the gospel can free us from that Law. il
orr accepting of the gospel. and thus seou
I, ing hope of life eternal IN the kingdom
heaven.
On. If thers are any in this vsst sudien
who have not yet been made free from q
4 la~ af sin and death. any who have r
!. secured part IN Christs righteousness.
b them hasten 70 Do 40 before this camp m -
Is ing close~
sabbath school a. 2 o'clock this f,renoo
= preaching a. i030 a. m, 80 and 30 p